Ed Raid in Cyber Fraud Case: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) team on Wednesday carried out raids in Gujarat and Maharashtra under the money laundering investigation against the fraudsters. Official sources said that this action was done against people who committed cyber crimes like digital arrests and illegally transferred more than Rs 100 crore.
Raids were conducted under the provisions of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Surat and Ahmedabad, Gujarat and by the Ahmedabad Regional Office of the Federal Investigation Agency.
Sources told PTI that the case of money refinement is related to the FIR lodged by the Gujarat Police in 2024 against Maqbool Doctor, Kashif Doctor, Basam Doctor, Mahesh Mafatlal Desai, Maz Abdul Rahim Nada and some others.
According to sources, the accused are accused of cheating the general public through various cyber frauds such as fake USDT trading (crypto currency), digital arrests, fake notice of law enforcement agencies and cheating the general public through threatening innocent persons, etc.
Cyber frauds like ‘digital arrests’ and fake summons or notices sent in the name of police or investigative agencies have cheated many people in the last few years, as the victims are forced to stay on video calls on internet -based social media platforms and scams take money from the law enforcement agencies.
According to sources, the ED suspects that through this cyber fraud, the money received from the victims was collected in bank accounts, which were opened by either using KYC of fake persons or by making identity documents forged.
Sources said that such illegal money was converted into crypto currency through various ‘Angadia’ or hawala operators and they are suspected of sending more than Rs 100 crore money abroad in recent times.